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109964 to 109966— Continued. 



109964. Amaryllis 



Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3094. Lino. Collected February 

 23. 1935, along the highway between 

 Valencia and El Cambul. A cultivated 

 form with salmon-pink flowers. 



109965. Hippeastrum reginae (L.) Herb. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3104. Lirio morado. A cultivated 

 form with purplish flowers ; collected 

 along the highway between Valencia and 

 El Cambul, February 23, 1935. 



109966. Hymenocallis caribaea. Amaryl- 

 lidaceae. Caribbean spiderlily. 



No. 3103. Lirio. A cultivated form, 

 collected February 23, 1935, along the 

 highway between Valencia and El Cambul, 

 of the West Indian spiderlily, with 12 or 

 more strap-shaped leaves over 2 feet 

 long and an umbel of 6 to 12 white flow- 

 ers, with linear perianth segments about 

 3 inches long. 



109967. Pistacia cabulica Stocks. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by Harindar 

 Singh Dinsa, Government Gardens, La- 

 hore, Punjab. Received March 12, 1935. 



A tree about 15 feet high, native to Af- 

 ghanistan, with compound leaves 2 inches 

 long, having five to nine lanceolate-oblong 

 leaflets and rounded-compressed fruits. 



For previous introduction see 18635. 



109968 to 109970. Linum usitatissi- 

 mum L. Linaceae. Flax. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 B. C. Algra, Stiens. Received March 16, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



109968. Dorst's Original "I" 13. 



109969. Dorst's Original "F" 6. 



109970. Dorst's Original Concurrent. 



109971 to 109986. 



From Venezuela. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 11, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



109971. Angelonia salicariaefolia Humb. 

 and Bonpl. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 3045. Mastranto morado. Collect- 

 ed February 12, 1935, near Sabana 

 Grande. A bushy annual up to 2 feet 

 high, with numerous sessile, oblong, vis- 

 cid-hairy leaves 1 to 2 inches long. The 

 solitary, long-stalked, axillary flowers 

 vary in color from bright violet to deep 

 lavender. Native to Venezuela. 



109972. Aspidosperma vargasii A. DC. 

 Apocynaceae. 



No. 3022. From La Democracia, near 

 Para, State of Guarico, February 4, 1935. 

 A tree up to 30 feet tall, with elliptic 

 leaves about 4 inches long and numerous 

 small yellow flowers in dense cymes. Na- 

 tive to Venezuela. 



109973. Bontia daphnoides L. Myopora- 

 ceae. 



No. 3063. Olivo. Collected on the road 

 between Caracas and Cabo Blanco, Fed 

 eral District, February 16, 1935. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 109854. 



109971 to 109986 — Continued. 



109974. Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Swordbean. 



No. 3061. Caracas, February 15, 1935. 

 Presented by the Director, Ministerio de 

 Agricultura. 



For previous introduction see 80505. 



109975. Cardiospermum halicaCabum L. 

 Sapindaceae. Balloonvine. 



No. 3020. Farolita de la Virgen. From 

 El Sombrero, February 4, 1935. 



109976. Cassia occidentalis L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 3048. Brusca. Collected on the 

 highway southeast of Antimano, Febru- 

 ary 15, 1935. 



For previous introduction see 106566. 



109977. Croton flavens L. Euphorbia- 

 ceae. 



No. 3069. Carcanapire. Collected Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1935, on dry hillsides near the 

 sea on the road between Caracas and 

 Cabo Blanco. An aromatic shrub 2 to 10 

 feet high, with ovate leaves 1 to 4 inches 

 long and pale-yellow or white flowers. Na- 

 tive to the West Indies. 



109978. Datura metel L. Solanaceae. 



No. 3049. Nongue. February 15, 1935. 

 Southwest of Antimano on the highway. 



109979. Hura crepitans L. Euphorbia- 

 ceae. Sandbostree. 



No. 3057. Collected February 15, 1935, 

 on the highway southwest of Antimano. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 109850. 



109980. Jatropha gossypifolia staphy- 

 sagrifolia (Mill.) Muell. Arg. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



No. 3046. Tuatua morada. Collected 

 February 15, 1935, on the highway south- 

 west of Antimano. A shrub about 5 feet 

 high, native to tropical America, with 

 three- to five-lobed leaves about 5 inches 

 across and small red to purplish flowers 

 in cymes. 



109981. Nicotiana glauca R. Grah. 

 Solanaceae. 



No. 3062. Almorranera. Collected 

 February 16, 1935, on the road between 

 Caracas and Cabo Blanco. A slender 

 shrub or small tree 10 to 20 feet high, 

 with yellow flowers in loose terminal 

 panicles. It is native to South America 

 from Argentina to Bolivia. 



For previous introduction see 42336. 



109982. Parosela carthaginensis (Jacci.) 

 Killip. Fabaceae. 



No. 2993. Barbasco bianco. Collected 

 January 28, 1935, at Antimano, near 

 Caracas, on a dry hillside. A shrub about 

 4 feet high, with small pinnate leaves 

 less than 2 inches long and dense spikes 

 of purple, rose, or white flowers. Native 

 to northern South America. 



109983. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Pas- 

 sifloraceae. Sweet granadilla. 



No. 3058. Par die amarilla. Purchased 

 near Los Teques, February 13, 1935. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 309410. 



